| "Shadow Play" | |
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| Song by Poets of the Fall | |
| from the album Clearview | |
| Released | September 30, 2016 |
| Length | 4:05 |
| Label | Insomniac |
| BPM | 138 TBC (Clearview Tour intro) |
| Key | E TBC (Clearview Tour intro) |
| Producer(s) | Stefan Boman |
Shadow Play is the sixth track on Poets of the Fall's 2016 seventh studio album Clearview.
A slowed-down arrangement of Shadow Play's chorus was used as the stage intro on the Clearview Tour, leading directly into Drama for Life .
Lyrics
I can feel it in the air, I can feel it young and strong
Like an intoxicating dare
For some residue of joy, Simple pleasures and delights
Would you buy that ruthless ploy, Would you buy that ploy
Mark my words it's not quite what you thought
Shadow play
Directed by you
Love portrays Ms. Take
The oscar goes to Hate
Dragons slain
The princess rescued
It's all what you create
Your shadows will be played
And here now comes the sweet caress, unreality to guide us
With a forceful righteousness
And you can taste the kiss of death, More divine than breath I know
Always just the right address, Just the right caress
Mark my words it's not quite what you thought
Shadow play...
So this is what you think you need to play the game
A pretty royal flush of second hand fame
For proof of excellence, for critical acclaim
Aloof preeminence preceding your pen name
Cliches of violence and off mark blame
Some character flaws to masticate the shame
Sex in a dress in a wide array
Sex in a suit, hello, happy birthday
Mark my words it's never what you thought
Shadow play...
Trivia
- In analytical psychology, "slaying the dragon" is a metaphor used to describe the successful confrontation with one's Shadow - the unconscious force that acts in a rebellious resistance to the Persona. The "princess" in this analogy would be the Anima - the contrasexual image of the male psyche. Considering all of the references to Mental Worlds in Poets of the Fall's catalogue, this interpretation was likely intentional.